Pad for a hernial truss.



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PADfoR A HERNINAL muss. APPLICATION FILED APII. I. I9I5.

1476,431. Patented Mar.l21,1916.

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DANA L. CHESTERMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNQR TO CHESTER-MAN AND VSTREETER., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

To all whom it may concern.' Be 'it known that I, DANA L. CHESTER MAN, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Fadfor a Hernial Truss, Vof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hernial truss and consists of a pad thereforformed with a protuberant portion and a base rim or lower tier in aplane different from the top of said portion, whereby the pad will holda rupture with greater certainty owing to said protuberant portion beingadapted to cover the orifice just above the pubic bone, while theunderneath rim or tier rests across said pubic bone, whereby saidprotuberant portion prevents the escape of the rupture through saidOrifice or the blocking of the latter.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying`drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, aslong as they are included in the scope of the claim.

Figure l represents a perspective view of a pad of .a hernial trussembodying my invention, including also the members of the truss to whichsaid pad is applied. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the pad andadjacent portion. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section thereof onthe line afm Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a transverse section thereof 0f aportion on the line g/-g/ Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents an elevation -of aportion of the pad. Fig. 6 represents an elevation of the interior ofthe pad, partly p broken away.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings 2--1 designates a pad of a truss, 2 the bodybelt or band on which the sameV is mounted, and 3 the perineal strapwhich is attached to said pad and extends to the rear of said belt withwhich it is adiustablv connectedby a buckle or other suitable means.

The pad 1 consists of a mat forming a comparatively fiat back member anda protuberance or protruding member 5 which latter is superimposed onsaid mat and proliects outwardly therefrom. said mat being Vcomposed ofa piece 4 of felt or other suitable pliable material and saidoro'tuberance being formed of a mass of soft material as PAD FOB AHERNIAL TRUSS.

Speccationof Letters Patent. Patniggd )Away 21, 1916. Application filedApril 1, 1915. Serial No. 18,497.

cotton, said mass being incased in the covering member or incasement 6of leather or the like, said member Gand the mass being connected bystitches l7 which are passed through said cover member around what maybe termed the base of the mass,

making the pad of two dierent levels viz.,

at the crown of the protuberance and the outer face of said portion 8.When the truss is in use, while the protuberance 5 forms a depression inthe outer face of the abdomen, the flesh around the depression will bebridged from the latter to the rim 8, and contact with said rim, and sopassed freely over the stitches 7 without liability of the fleshcontacting therewith since said stitches are sunken in the outer face ofthe pad between the protuberance and rim at the base of the former andthe inner circumference of the latter.

On the back of the mat is the plate 9 of metal or other rigid material,the same being incasedY-in a pad 10 of fabric. this being covered bv thebacking 11 of leather or other suitable material to which is stitchedsaid incasement 6 which is turned in over the side portions of the mat4, thus closing the back of the pad l, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4.Riveted or otherwise connected with said plate 9, as at 12 is one end ofthe adiacent soft portion 13 of the perineal strap 3, which portionpasses from said plate through the neck 13 of the pad outside of thesame and joins said portion of saidv strap 3 which isto be adjusted andsecured bv the buckle 14.

Placed upon the backing 11 is the metal plate 15 for attachment of thepad with the members of the body belt 2, said plate being secured inposition bv the screws 16 which pass through the pad and engage with theplate 9 which is provided with threaded Openings 17 for that purpose.

-Of course. the protulierance may be formed of a bag inflated with airor Huid in lieu of the cotton material filling the shaped-coveringmember 6, it being seen that in all cases the lower rim or tier isadapted to rest on the pubic bone end the protuberance is adapted tohold the rupture with great certainty Without liability to sink into theabdomen and block the of said back member, leaving the letterV Copies of'chispatent'may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing VtheCommissioner,oflatents C said run,Y a covering Vi'orsziidprotuberarlc'e' and back member, and vmeans 'Securing Suid protuberanceto said back member and Ycon'- sisting of stitches passed throughsaidcovering around the base of said protuberance of the rim thereof.

DANA L. CHESTERMAN. llitnlesses:V C. D. MCVAY,

N. BUssINeER.

Washington, D. C.

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